The future of Latino Politics in America

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The future of Latino Politics in America

Over the years, Latin American politics has had a significant milestone in the American politics. During the concluded American elections, a large number of Latin Americans turned out in large numbers to vote for their preferred candidates and quite a handful of the Latinos became successful in pursuing state office (Vargas, 2012).

The Latino community being America’s second largest and fastest growing nation, it has become a major influence in American politics because they have the capability to determine the general outcome of state and the presidential elections (Vargas, 2012). The Latino politics affect the Latin American community in America and abroad and it includes community-based civic activities, the electoral politics, and influence on the representation in the electoral politics (Tienda & Mitchell, 2006).

Even though their political agenda is to some extent restricted to institutional and demographic barriers not unique to the Latino community, they are in a good position to determine the low-level participation in free education, health concerns and social services (Tienda & Mitchell, 2006). With the Latino politicians trying as much as they can to improve their response to the community’s democratic institutions and their needs, the 2012 election in America proved that the effect Latinos have and how best they are aiming to extend their political participation in domestic politics.

The mending of broken ties between the ethnic identification among the Latin leaders has been the greatest improvement in Latin American politics (Tienda & Mitchell, 2006). Since the mid twentieth century, incorporating the new migrants of Hispanic origin into the American community politics has been difficult due to emerging conflict resolutions amongst the diverse Latino community (Gutiérrez, 1995). In a bid to ensure that the future of Latino politics is secure, the issue of conflict has been addressed over the years by every Hispanic major organization. This is done by means of providing communal resources and neglecting past differences (Tienda & Mitchell, 2006).

The future of Latino electoral politics is becoming better with each election. Although there is a lot that needs to be done, the Hispanic community coming together and forgetting past differences together with the large number of Latino voters has been a major contributing factor.

References

Gutiérrez DG. Walls and mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican immigrants, and the politics of ethnicity. Berkeley: University of California Press; 1995.

Tienda, M. & Mitchell, F. (E.d.). (2006). Hispanics and the future of America. Washington, DC: National Academies Press

Vargas, A. (2012). Election 2012 and the Future of Latino Politics. Retrieved December 07, 2012, from HYPERLINK “http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arturo-vargas/latinos-election-2012_b_2206867.html” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arturo-vargas/latinos-election-2012_b_2206867.html